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DOGMA1138 · 11-Jan-2006, 18:53

is there any way to play this game at higher res?
i just cant play the game in full mode on my LCD scree, just hurts my eyes.
and windowed mode is just too small at the res im runing my system at.

AlStrong · 11-Jan-2006, 21:09

Don't think so... it's the question that gets asked everywhere with the answer "no". Seems like they hard coded it in, which is quite unfortunate.

digitalwanderer · 11-Jan-2006, 21:25

800x600? Eeew!

gurgi · 11-Jan-2006, 22:08

Diablo 2 looks really bad at first, but you stop noticing it, and eventually it looks really good. Right about the time the game eats your eternal soul...again.

Frank · 11-Jan-2006, 22:14

It's pre-rendered 2D. So, no.

hoom · 11-Jan-2006, 22:15

Stuff like that tends to happen with 2d sprite games...

Tim Murray · 11-Jan-2006, 23:58

didn't expansion add 1024x768?

Richard · 12-Jan-2006, 04:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Baron

didn't expansion add 1024x768?

Nah, the expansion added *800x600*.

K.I.L.E.R · 12-Jan-2006, 06:03

http://www.zeckensack.de/glide/

Configure it and you should be playing 1280x1024 any time you want.

Why you'd want to do that I have no idea.
Diablo 2 is pixelated as hell.
Unless you are able to attain a 3dfx video card capable of real Glide then I suggest you play at 800x600 or 640x480 because D3D mode under D2 looks as though I'm playing a game at 320x240 on a CRT.

swaaye · 12-Jan-2006, 18:17

Well it's not really pixelated. It's just low resolution artwork. It's not like its point sampling everything. D3D is the blurriest mode. Glide thru that wrapper looks a little better. I actually have had good luck with the wrapper. Have not tried higher resolutions tho.

AlStrong · 12-Jan-2006, 18:20

I wouldn't mind if the higher resolution meant just a larger viewing angle of the world, in which case, the objects would only be smaller.

Guden Oden · 12-Jan-2006, 20:30

Higher res than 800*600 means already small objects and details become terribly small, and lost in the general clutter. And the game will slow down to a spectacular degree when the screen gets really busy. Think necromancers with full menageries, sorceresses casting meteor upon meteor, rapid-firing amazons spamming 30-level multishots, etc...

It's already very bad at 800, it can easily collapse down to 10fps even on an otherwise decked-out PC.

11-Jan-2006, 18:53	#1
DOGMA1138 Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: IsraHELL Posts: 533	*Diablo 2 at more then 800600?** is there any way to play this game at higher res? i just cant play the game in full mode on my LCD scree, just hurts my eyes. and windowed mode is just too small at the res im runing my system at. __________________ in case you where wondering... yes, i am a mentaly unstable idiot so feel free to disreguard my post/s :shock:

11-Jan-2006, 21:25	#3
digitalwanderer Dangerously Mirthful Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Winfield, IN USA Posts: 15,292	800x600? Eeew! __________________ Elite Bastards - Adminish “Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.” - General James N. Mattis

11-Jan-2006, 22:08	#4
gurgi Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 553	Diablo 2 looks really bad at first, but you stop noticing it, and eventually it looks really good. Right about the time the game eats your eternal soul...again. __________________ "Eschew obfuscation." -Wise Man

11-Jan-2006, 22:15	#6
hoom Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,076	Stuff like that tends to happen with 2d sprite games... __________________ But it's DOUBLE CONFIRMED

12-Jan-2006, 06:03	#9
K.I.L.E.R Retarded moron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Australia, Melbourne Posts: 2,949	http://www.zeckensack.de/glide/ Configure it and you should be playing 1280x1024 any time you want. Why you'd want to do that I have no idea. Diablo 2 is pixelated as hell. Unless you are able to attain a 3dfx video card capable of real Glide then I suggest you play at 800x600 or 640x480 because D3D mode under D2 looks as though I'm playing a game at 320x240 on a CRT. __________________ I eat coffee.

11-Jan-2006, 21:09	#2
AlStrong penguins Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 13,978	Don't think so... it's the question that gets asked everywhere with the answer "no". Seems like they hard coded it in, which is quite unfortunate.

11-Jan-2006, 22:14	#5
Frank Certified not a majority Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sittard, the Netherlands Posts: 3,178	It's pre-rendered 2D. So, no.

11-Jan-2006, 23:58	#7
Tim Murray chaos dunk Join Date: May 2003 Location: Mountain View, CA Posts: 3,274	didn't expansion add 1024x768?

12-Jan-2006, 18:17	#10
swaaye Entirely Suboptimal Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: WI, USA Posts: 6,847	Well it's not really pixelated. It's just low resolution artwork. It's not like its point sampling everything. D3D is the blurriest mode. Glide thru that wrapper looks a little better. I actually have had good luck with the wrapper. Have not tried higher resolutions tho.

12-Jan-2006, 18:20	#11
AlStrong penguins Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 13,978	I wouldn't mind if the higher resolution meant just a larger viewing angle of the world, in which case, the objects would only be smaller.

12-Jan-2006, 20:30	#12
Guden Oden Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 6,201	Higher res than 800600 means already small objects and details become terribly small, and lost in the general clutter. And the game will slow down to a spectacular degree when the screen gets really busy. Think necromancers with full menageries, sorceresses casting meteor upon meteor, rapid-firing amazons spamming 30-level multishots, etc... It's already very bad at 800, it can easily collapse down to 10fps even on an otherwise decked-out PC. __________________ Top one reason why capital punishment is immoral and wrong: You can release an innocently convicted man from jail, but you cannot release an innocently convicted man from death*.

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